de·sen·si·tize
also Brit de*sen*si*tise vt, -tized also Brit -tised -tiz*ing also Brit -tis*ing 1 : to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent 2 : to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli which formerly induced it : make emotionally insensitive <there is evidence that violence on television s children to actual violence -Stephanie Harrington> de*sen*si*ti*za*tion also Brit de*sen*si*ti*sa*tion n
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